face-to-face
adverb or adjective
1
: within each other's sight or presence
met and talked face-to-face
a face-to-face consultation
2
: in or into direct contact or confrontation
came face-to-face with the problem
Examples of face-to-face in a Sentence
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After attempting to get a permit to hold the show at City Hall, where a door was slammed in their faces, the queens sat in on a town hall meeting in full drag — and came face-to-face with a 16-year-old anti-LGBTQIA+ speaker and her father.
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EW.com, 4 May 2024
In one scene, a flummoxed Gosling winds up face-to-face with Blunt, who’s pressuring him for answers.
—Meredith Woerner, Variety, 4 May 2024
This allowed Bunny to be face-to-face with fans in the middle sections of the upper levels on either side of the arena.
—Stefan Stevenson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 May 2024
Why do Edwin and Charles come face-to-face with so many different people on their way out?
YOCKEY Charles goes in through the door [to Hell], goes down the stairs, goes through limbo, goes through lust, and then goes through gluttony.
—Max Gao, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 May 2024
Her discovery led to a massive effort by the government in Bangladesh to ban the use of lead chromate, increase food-safety oversight, and to educate farmers and consumers on the dangers of lead chromate in turmeric via news media and face-to-face outreach.
—Kelly Mickle, TIME, 2 May 2024
But at 280 light-years away and practically face-to-face with its star, WASP-43b is difficult to see clearly through telescopes.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 1 May 2024
The event features demonstrations, exhibitors, plant sales and hundreds of home improvement products and services along with face-to-face consultations with home experts.
—Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Apr. 2024
Their face-to-face confrontation occurred on Aug. 22, 2022 at an unrelated crime scene.
—Camellia Burris, Miami Herald, 19 Apr. 2024
EW.com, 4 May 2024
In one scene, a flummoxed Gosling winds up face-to-face with Blunt, who’s pressuring him for answers.
—Meredith Woerner, Variety, 4 May 2024
This allowed Bunny to be face-to-face with fans in the middle sections of the upper levels on either side of the arena.
—Stefan Stevenson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 May 2024
Why do Edwin and Charles come face-to-face with so many different people on their way out?
YOCKEY Charles goes in through the door [to Hell], goes down the stairs, goes through limbo, goes through lust, and then goes through gluttony.
—Max Gao, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 May 2024
Her discovery led to a massive effort by the government in Bangladesh to ban the use of lead chromate, increase food-safety oversight, and to educate farmers and consumers on the dangers of lead chromate in turmeric via news media and face-to-face outreach.
—Kelly Mickle, TIME, 2 May 2024
But at 280 light-years away and practically face-to-face with its star, WASP-43b is difficult to see clearly through telescopes.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 1 May 2024
The event features demonstrations, exhibitors, plant sales and hundreds of home improvement products and services along with face-to-face consultations with home experts.
—Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Apr. 2024
Their face-to-face confrontation occurred on Aug. 22, 2022 at an unrelated crime scene.
—Camellia Burris, Miami Herald, 19 Apr. 2024
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